Just received this from someone working on the launch: Rick Baldridge ______________________________ Please be aware that beta angle cut off is June 2, so there will be no launch attempt June 2. We found out that the Shuttle will have three launch attempts, May 30, 31, and June 1. After June 2, the beta angle window closes, and the launch will be delayed 3 to 4 weeks. -----Original Message----- From: Ted Molczan [mailto:molczan@rogers.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 12:22 PM To: SeeSat-L Subject: RE: Shuttle launch on May 30th - anyone have a launch time computed? Robert Smathers requested estimates of the lift-off time of STS 111. Here are my latest: Shuttle to ISS: Pad 39A Launch Time Launch Coplanar Lift-off Date UTC UTC ----------------------------------- 2002 May 30 23:48:10 23:44:12 2002 May 31 23:24:29 23:21:41 2002 Jun 01 23:00:48 22:55:54 2002 Jun 02 22:37:07 22:33:23 2002 Jun 03 22:13:25 22:10:52 2002 Jun 04 21:49:44 21:45:05 2002 Jun 05 21:26:03 21:22:34 2002 Jun 06 21:02:21 21:00:03 2002 Jun 07 20:38:40 20:34:16 2002 Jun 08 20:14:58 20:11:45 Lift-off times are expected to be accurate to +/- 5s, assuming that the ISS elements are reliable for the above dates. 1 25544U 98067A 02141.49083569 .00030245 00000-0 37654-3 0 4731 2 25544 51.6356 187.1637 0006584 100.0917 339.1085 15.59646188199867 The public version of the program that generated the above predictions should be complete shortly. I will be pleased to e-mail a copy to anyone who requests it. Source code is not available, but the key portion of the algorithm is explained in the readme file. Ted Molczan ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/sat/seesat/seesatindex.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/sat/seesat/seesatindex.html
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